Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.8 0/2] pc: remove redundant fw_cfg file "etc/boot-cpus"

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 04:21:10PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> 
> Commit 080ac219cc7d9c55adf925c3545b7450055ad625
>    pc: Add 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file for machine with more than 255 CPUs
> 
> added "etc/boot-cpus" fw_cfg file durung 2.8 merge window, however
> QEMU alredy had similar legacy FW_CFG_NB_CPUS fw_cfg entry that
> should do practically the same. Considering FW_CFG_NB_CPUS's been
> around for a long time and is used by external projects (firmwares)
> we can't replace it with 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file.
> 
> Drop redundant 'etc/boot-cpus' fw_cfg file  and reuse FW_CFG_NB_CPUS
> instead.
> 
> So here goes QEMU part of fixup

I agree we shouldn't commit to a bad host/guest API
but I think we need to format it differently.
First revert the boot-cpus patch for 2.8.
On top of that, add a patch fixing FW_CFG_NB_CPUS.


> CC: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> CC: mst@redhat.com
> CC: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
> CC: "Kevin O'Connor" <kevin@koconnor.net>
> CC: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> CC: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> 
> Igor Mammedov (2):
>   fw_cfg: move FW_CFG_NB_CPUS out of fw_cfg_init1()
>   pc: drop "etc/boot-cpus" fw_cfg file and use FW_CFG_NB_CPUS instead
> 
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h  |  4 ++--
>  hw/arm/virt.c         |  4 +++-
>  hw/i386/pc.c          | 20 ++++++++------------
>  hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c     |  1 -
>  hw/ppc/mac_newworld.c |  1 +
>  hw/ppc/mac_oldworld.c |  1 +
>  hw/sparc/sun4m.c      |  1 +
>  hw/sparc64/sun4u.c    |  1 +
>  8 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.7.4